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Four youth from RBF grantee Global Kids were part of a delegation of 13 young people selected by UNICEF to participate in the opening and closing sessions of the High Level Summit on Climate Change held in New York City this week.

The Georgetown State-Federal Climate Resource Center at Georgetown Law has announced that the newly formed Governors' Energy and Climate Coalition has pledged to address climate change and provide the nation with a comprehensive energy strategy.

We are witnessing a significant commitment to a clean energy economy on local, state, and federal levels. Where does New York stand in the clean energy efforts? RBF Sustainable Development program director, Michael Northrop, shares his views on the opportunities ahead for New York.

RBF president Stephen Heintz spoke at the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED) about China's opportunity to demonstrate bold leadership in developing low carbon prosperity.

RBF president Stephen Heintz spoke at the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED) about China's opportunity to demonstrate bold leadership in developing low carbon prosperity.

International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives U.S.A., Inc. (ICLEI USA) will hold a National Conversation on Climate Action on April 22 that will engage hundreds of communities in solutions-oriented dialogues about local opportunities for climate action.

On April 18, 2009, RBF grantee Green House Network's Focus the Nation project will begin a groundbreaking national discussion on America's energy future.

Newsweek magazine has named Peter Barnes' commons-based solution to global warming as one of four "truly transformative" ideas of 2008.

Hosted in Los Angeles by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and jointly supported by the Rockefeller Brothers Fund's Sustainable Development and Pivotal Place: Southern China programs, the Governors' Global Climate Summit brought together over 800 attendees.

Center for Climate Strategies, a project of RBF-funded Enterprising Environmental Solutions, has released a new report on the economic benefits of climate action, drawing on years of experience in several American states.